Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-12-30
WILMINGTON'S lew BELL.
The Exercises ~ the Fomnl Prcscntn-
ton Of Mr. =. ~. Flags 1lnmdsornc
t5ift on Christmas Eve

] AND MIR. MANN rs FULt-SKErrH OF MR..
FLAGG's PERSONAL CARER
A deeply interested au.ience filed the
| Congregational church 10 Is fullest capacity
on Saturday evening to l,ten 20 the dedi.
cntory exercises attending the formal pre-
sentotion and acceptance Of the church
bell so generously presented by John II.
Flagg Of New York cit To the great
pleasure Of all, Mr. Flngg accompanied 10y
his brother Fred A., was present, thereby
! giving the occasion that satisfactory com
pleteness which would have been 50 materi
ally le,sened 10y his abseice After an in
strumental voluntary 10y Yrs J. H. Kidder
organist, Rev u. r. Sargent invoked di
vine blessing The choir a double quartet
II. f Barber director. consisting Of Mrs
j. H. kiddcr and Mrs g. II Russell soprano,
Mrs. H. Mann, ir., and Miss Nellie Bar
nard contrulto H. f Barber and j. r. Blu
ell tenor, J. H. Kidder aud j. G.. Batchel-
der bass rendered the Christmas anthem,
"Glory to God" 10y Km,ey. Mr. Flagg,
i'm manner most unailec ed aud sincere,
then pronounced the following address
Mr. Flngg Presentation Address,
II is proper that -hoult make some for
mai presentation of the object which these
! ceremonies are tO cousccrate to its Hppro-
priute and exalted use Responding to this
| rightful claim upon me. let me first confess
that natural desire % erect here some
memorial toadeparted hrothcr-here whore
hr was born and reared among the friends
bee knew and loved so we'll is that which
l....t
me am humble part in these exercises. HIS
mortal remains. iurcvera at rest beneath the
ilOwery bosom Of WOudlawu cemetery near
New York city. it seem, peculiarly fitting
not only that some memoria should appear
where hi, immediate ancestors lived and
died, but that 1t should find expression in a
bell or window for this church. rather than
u monument erected in "A cemetery apart
! from the one wherein his remains repo-e.
undermining between these two have had
| hut hitic hesitation ia choosing the former,
and my action. ] trust will command your
! ready appreciation Nor was fraterual
feeling alone regarded a consciousness Of
the love which the departed ever bore for
the home of his boyhooi among these yer
daut hills, beneath these pure uutruubled
skies, seemed % claim some recognition al
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